Caliente Tropics Iconic A-Frame suffers terrible structural damage - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, May 23, 2011 11:54 AM On 2011-05-23 11:35, TIKI-RAY wrote: As far as the structure goes I believe it has to be fully torn down to reconstruct . These are not Lego's where you just unsnap something and replace it . 30 years of Union construction under my belt bets that no inspector will ever sign off the integrity of that structure after it fell the few feet to the ground . If it cracked that tiki at the top in half then the joints at the top separated enough to do it which means it all has to be retrofited and rebraced to the original angles . You have to remove all that weight to get that roof square to the world again . Then you can add the roofing and such . I hope it is redone but its not a half day job . I kind of thought so... but if it would be regarded as a HISTORIC structure, they COULD do it. I mean they put complete Victorian houses up on blocks, and lift them on truck beds and drive them to new sites where they set them on new foundations, why not with some lil A-frame? Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Tiki mask had split years ago... On 2011-05-23 11:06, bigbrotiki wrote: MY naive proposal would be: Get a big crane that lifts it, they slip temporary supports under it to set it down on, fix it from underneath, and then set it down on the new supports....Voila! [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-05-23 11:55 ]

On 2011-05-23 11:35, TIKI-RAY wrote:
As far as the structure goes I believe it has to be fully torn down to reconstruct . These are not Lego's where you just unsnap something and replace it . 30 years of Union construction under my belt bets that no inspector will ever sign off the integrity of that structure after it fell the few feet to the ground . If it cracked that tiki at the top in half then the joints at the top separated enough to do it which means it all has to be retrofited and rebraced to the original angles . You have to remove all that weight to get that roof square to the world again . Then you can add the roofing and such . I hope it is redone but its not a half day job .

I kind of thought so... but if it would be regarded as a HISTORIC structure, they COULD do it. I mean they put complete Victorian houses up on blocks, and lift them on truck beds and drive them to new sites where they set them on new foundations, why not with some lil A-frame? Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Tiki mask had split years ago...

On 2011-05-23 11:06, bigbrotiki wrote:
MY naive proposal would be: Get a big crane that lifts it, they slip temporary supports under it to set it down on, fix it from underneath, and then set it down on the new supports....Voila!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-05-23 11:55 ]

Post #590324 by bigbrotiki on Mon, May 23, 2011 11:54 AM